Multi-objective design of team oriented assembly systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-352

  Bukchin, Joseph ^a   Masin, Michael ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Branch and bound; Multi objective; Team oriented assembly

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COSTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THROUGHPUT;

ASSEMBLY LINES; BRANCH AND BOUND; MULTI-OBJECTIVE; TEAM ORIENTED ASSEMBLY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 1442283220     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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